Trunk-lock.



J. G. KBENE.

TRUNK LOCK. APPLICATION FILED JAN 7, 1911.

1,006,099, Patented Oct. 17,1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH IO-,WASHINGTON, D1C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. KEENE, OF ELDRED, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO J. CLAYTON BACKUS, OF SMETHPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRUNK-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 7, 1911.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

Serial No. 601,343.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. KEENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eldred, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trunk locks, and has for one of its objects to produce a simply constructed lock, which not only secures the lock bolt but likewise locks the safety hasp which is employed to relieve the lock bolt from strain.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and, in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a front view of portions of the body and cover of a trunk with one of the improved locks attached and viewed from the outer face side. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the improved device with the trunk members in section. Fig. 3 is a section of the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a section on the line H of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the base portion of the lock detached. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the casing of the lock portion detached. Fig. 7 is a perspective View detached of the hasp engaging member of the lock. Fig. 8 is a perspective View detached of the hasp releasing member of the lock. Fig. 9 represents two of the ward members of the lock detached and in perspective. Fig. 10 is a view of the key employed in the improved lock.

Trunks as ordinarily constructed are provided with catches near the ends in addition to the ordinary lock, and which include a bolt upon the cover which engages over a keeper upon the body of the trunk, or arranged in reverse order and thus supports the cover and relieves the main look from lateral strains.

The present invention is designed to lock the hasp upon the keeper and also to lock the hasp in position in a supplemental lock, and thus provide a threefold securing means to the trunk, that is to say, the main lock centrally of the trunk and the two hasps one near each end.

The improved device comprises a base or plate 10 and a casing or shell 11 fitting over manner of securing lock casings to their bases. The base 10 is provided with a relatively large aperture 14 and provided with a stop member 15 having dovetail e nds directed from the base into the interior of the shell. The base 10 is also provided with a pin 16 which constitutes the center pin or key guide, as hereafter explained.

Formed in the side walls of the shell 11 are two recesses 17, formed at their inner ends into bearings, and the base 10 is provided with two projections 18 which enter the recesses 17, the projections being concave at their free ends to correspond to the bearings in the bottom of the recesses 17.

By this arrangement, when the shell is disposed upon the base with the projections 18 inserted into the recesses 17, circular bearings are produced, the object to be hereafter explained. Formed in the end walls next to the recesses 17 is a cavity 19 through which the hasp portion of the device passes into the casing. The base 10 is extended at its side edges and provided with apertures 20 for receiving rivets or other fastening means by which the base and the shell are secured to the body of the trunk.

The keeper portion of the device above referred to comprises a base plate 21 having apertures 22 to receive the rivets or other fastening means by which the plate is secured tothe cover of a trunk. Projecting from the base 21 is a tongue 23 which is designed to pass through the opening 19 into the interior of the casing or shell. Extending from the front of the base 21 is a proj ection 24, over which the swinging hasp engages, as heretofore explained. When the base 10 and its shell 11 are connected to the body of the trunk, and the keeper device 21-23 connected to the cover of the trunk and the cover closed, the tongue 23 passes through the opening 19 into the interior of the casing in the same manner as the ordinary keeper employed upon trunks is operated.

The hasp portion of the improved device is represented at 25, and is provided with bearings 26 which fit into the bearings formed by the recesses 17 and the lugs 18, the

hasp being thus mounted to swing upon the shell 11. The interior of the hasp conforms to the projection 24 of the keeper, so that when the hasp is swung into position in substantially parallel relations to the base 10 and the keeper 21-23, the hasp will closely engage over the projection 24 of the keeper, and thus firmly lock the cover to the body of the trunk, similar to the manner in which ordinary trunks are secured.

Slidably disposed within the shell 11 is a U-shaped frame, represented as a whole at 27, and provided with reduced portions 28. The member 27 is yieldably supported in its forward position by a suitable spring, represented at 45, which is located within the shell 11 and bears against the member 27, the spring operating to retain the forward ends of the reduced portions 28 against the opposite end of the shell. At the inner end of the reduced portions 28 small overhang portions 29 are formed which bear over proj ections 30 upon the hasp 25, and thus lock the latter from movement within the bearings. By this arrangement, when the member 27 is in one posit-ion, the hasp will be firmly locked from oscillation upon its bearings, and correspondingly locked in position upon the keeper projection 24. The member 27 together with its overhang portions 29 thus constitute the bolt by which the hasp is locked in position, as heretofore more fully explained.

Located upon the base 10 contiguous to the pin 16 is a suitable locking mechanism and comprises an operating tumbler or bearing member 31 which is mounted to swing upon the pin 16 and engages the inner face of the base 10, and is provided with an inwardly directed leaf or wing 32. The improved look also comprises a series of ward devices, each comprising a body portion 33 with one-edge formed to'bear against the projection 15 of the base, and with guide lips 34 to bear against the ends of the member 15, being dovetailed to correspond to the dovetail ends of the member 15. A certain predetermined number of the wards are provided with a relatively large aperture 35, while the remaining wards are each provided with a relatively small aperture 36, each of the smaller apertures being provided with a radial recess 37. The key employed to operate the wards is represented conventionally at 38 and is provided at its bit end with key wards 39 corresponding to the wards 33 of the lock. Any required number of the wards may be employed, but for the purpose of illustration 6 wards are shown, three having the larger apertures 35 and three with the smaller apertunes 36 and the radial extensions 37, and a key bit 39 is shown having three key wards 40 and three spaces or intervals 41. The wards of the lock are so arranged that the recesses 37 of ties 36.

the various wards are all longitudinally in alinement or opposite each other. Thus when the key is inserted the key wards 40 pass freely through the recesses 37 and permit the key to be inserted its full length, so that when rotated the key wards 40 pass into the cavities produced by the larger apertures 35, while the recesses 41 of the key permit the key to be rotated within the smaller cavi- The plate 31 is provided with spaced projections 42 between which the terminal of the wards 40 of the key engages, and thus picks up the plate 31 and moves the same together with the wing 32 with the key, the wing 32 acting upon the U-shaped member 27 and moving it against its spring 45 and thus releasing the overhang portions 29 from the points 30 of the hasp and thus releases the latter so that it can be moved outwardly from engagement with the keeper projection 24 of the catch. The hasp 25 is provided with a lip 43 with which a notch 44 in the bolt 23 of the keeper engages when the bolt is inserted into the shell 11 through the opening 19, and thus locks the bolt to the hasp.

It will be obvious that by rearranging the lock wards 33 and correspondingly rearranging the key wards 40 and the recesses 41 of the key, keys of different forms may be arranged in the same look, and thus increase the efficiency and utility of the look without material structural change. Thus a relatively large variety of locks and keys may be constructed having the same general appearance, but looks in which a specific key only can be employed.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and materially increases the safety and utility of a trunk, and provides for a plurality of locking and fastening devices, so that access to the trunk is rendered more difficult, and the liability to loss from surreptitious tampering with the trunk is materially decreased.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described a swinging hasp and a keeper device adapted to be connected respectively to the body and cover of a trunk, said keeper having a recess and said hasp having longitudinal projections and a lip for engaging in the recess when in one position, a movable member having projections engaging the projections of the hasp when in one position and key operated means for controlling the movements of said movable member.

2. In a device of the class described a supporting base and a keeper device adapted to be connected respectively to the body and cover of a trunk, a hasp mounted to swing upon said base and engaging said keeper when in one position and provided with longitudinal projections, a movable member operating to engage said projections when the hasp is engaged with the keeper, and a key controlled operating plate movable upon said base and adapted to actuate said movable member to release said hasp.

3. In a device of the class described a supporting base and a keeper device adapted to be connected respectively to the body and cover of a trunk, a hasp mounted to swing upon said base and engaging said keeper when in one position and provided with longitudinal projections, a movable member operating to engage said projections when the hasp is engaged with the keeper, a key controlled operating plate movable upon said base and adapted to actuate said movable member to release said hasp, a key for engaging said trip plate, and a plurality of lock tumblers operating to control the movements of said key.

4. In a device of the class described a supporting base having a stop wing, a keeper device, a hasp mounted to swing upon said base and engaging said keeper when in one position and provided with longitudinal projections, a movable member operating to engage said projections when the hasp is engaged with the keeper, a key controlled operating plate movable upon said base and adapted to actuate said movable member to release said hasp, a key for engaging said trip plate, and a plurality of lock wards detachably and interchangeably engaging said stop wing and operating to control the movements of said key.

5. In a device of the class described a supporting base having a stop wing, a keeper device, a hasp mounted to swing upon said base and engaging said keeper when in one position and provided with longitudinal projections, a movable member operating to engage said projections when the hasp is engaged with the keeper, a key controlled operating plate movable upon said base and adapted to actuate said movable member to release said hasp, a key for engaging said trip plate, and a plurality of lock wards detachably and interchangeably engaging said stop wing, certain of said wards being arranged with relatively large openings and the remaining wards being arranged with relatively small openings with a radial recess communicating with each of the smaller openings, said wards operating to control the movements of said key.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. KEENE. [11. s.]

Witnesses:

J. CLAYTON BACKUS,

F. A. ANNGIVILLE.

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